Discover the secrets of The Book of Wealth by Hubert Howe Bancroft.
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Hubert Bancroft was an historian, writer, publisher, bibliophile and entrepreneur. Despite his obvious brilliance, his works were not without their critics.
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On 21st February 1898, Hubert Howe Bancroft placed this advertisement in the New York Times promoting his infamous 10 volume book. This detailed analysis of wealth creation sold at a cost of $2,500 per copy for the first or cygne noir edition. The second or fin de siecle edition cost $1,000 per copy. By today’s standards, The Book of Wealth would cost a staggering 25 times as much as it did back in the late 1800′s!
Bancroft’s works were advertised as:
“It is to deal with everything that is worth knowing concerning wealth…”
Only limited numbers of this rare book were ever published. This naturally increased the scarcity of the book. Such paucity has also intensified the mystery surrounding the contents of The Book of Wealth. Whenever copies have come up for sale at auction, there has often been fierce bidding. Despite being first printed in 1895, the vast majority of the public have not had an opportunity to read these wealth secrets.
Consequently, The Book of Wealth has been confined to the richest individuals and families.
Allegedly better than Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich,” The Book of Wealth comprises 10 fully illustrated volumes. The publication provides a detailed analysis of how immense fortunes have been amassed throughout time. Such great acquisitions of wealth rarely happen by chance. Bancroft seeks to examine, in The Book of Wealth, whether or not there is actually a science of getting rich via analysis of wealth through recorded history. He takes an in depth look into some of the greatest wealth creators and their wealth building secrets.
Interestingly, Hubert Bancroft claims that the pursuit and anticipation of wealth is far more enjoyable than the actual attainment of it. He also questions how longing for wealth can possibly be a bad thing if it leads to enjoyment, power, independence and physical and intellectual well being. These statements appear to have been made from a personal perspective rather than from historical findings derived from researching The Book of Wealth.
Bancroft describes his analysis of wealth as:
“An Inquiry into the Nature and Distribution of the World’s Resources and Riches, and a History of the Origin and Influence of Property, its Possession, Accumulation and Disposition in all Ages and among all Nations.”
Hubert Howe Bancroft was an entrepreneur, historian and self made millionaire. If anyone understood wealth creators and the process of creating wealth, then Bancroft certainly did. If you wish to read more about Hubert Bancroft, “the man,” then “Literary Industries” provides a better biographical insight. Bancroft’s love of books and history made him the prefect candidate to write such a magnum opus as The Book of Wealth.
Nevertheless, there was some element of controversy surrounding Hubert Bancroft’s works. He employed many researchers and writers to help him with his vast publications, but no due literary credit appears to have been afforded to them. Several of Bancroft’s former employees, including Henry Oak and Francis Fuller Victor, were later to claim authorship for large sections of “The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft” that had been credited solely to him. This dispute inevitably undermined Hubert Bancroft’s literary status amongst his peers, much to his chagrin.
Bancroft’s research was also questioned in the “Misrepresentations of early California history corrected: proceedings of the Society of California Pioneers.” This claims elements of misrepresentation in respect of specific men and events in early Californian history. Many considered Bancroft’s works to reflect his and his researchers’ personal thoughts. It is not believed that any such allegations were documented in respect of the contents of The Book of Wealth.
Along a similar vein to the Law of Attraction, The Book of Wealth is finding renewed fame in the 21st century as a means of modern wealth creation. Several well respected motivational speakers are referring to it in modern wealth attraction seminars. It is also being promoted in life coaching circles. However, it is fair to say that The Book of Wealth is not an easy read and will take time and dedication to absorb and comprehend.
Dr Demartini speaks about The Book of Wealth in this special preview to Akasha from 2007
In this special preview to Akasha, released to promote a rare visit to London in 2007, Dr Demartini speaks about how he first encountered “The Book of Wealth.” He describes how, whilst watching a biography about Henry Clay Frick, the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist, he discovered that Mr Frick read a specific book, between midnight and 2am, every night when in New York. That book happened to be Hubert Howe Bancroft’s “The Book of Wealth.”
“The Book of Wealth” was initially published in 1895 in a limited number of 400 sets. Hubert Bancroft distributed the book to the wealthiest people in the western world such as the Morgan’s, the Rothschild’s and the Kennedy’s.
Demartini confesses that he likes to collect and absorb the greatest minds on the planet. Driven by this, together with his love of reading, Demartini decided to buy “The Book of Wealth.”
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Afterall, Demartini concludes, if someone like Mr Frick, who clearly made an impact on the world, would sit there night after night, year after year, reading one particular book, then it must be a pretty significant book.
The following day, Dr Demartini contacted the local bookstores seeking to purchase a copy of “The Book of Wealth.” He was told that the book was unavailable and referred to a bookstore who specialised in rare books. Not surprisingly, they also did not have a copy, although confirmed that they were aware of the publication and agreed to put out a world wide search for a copy of the book, on Demartini’s behalf.
Incredibly, several days later, Demartini received a call from the bookstore saying; “You’re not going to believe this but the book is up for auction!” (Dr Demartini credits this amazing turn of events to him asking for a copy of the book – Law of Attraction). He left instructions for the bookstore to bid “whatever it takes” to get that particular copy of “The Book of Wealth.”
Demartini admits that he thought “The Book of Wealth” to be literally one great book. Hence, when a giant crate was delivered to his 62nd floor Manhattan apartment, he was rather taken aback to discover that there were actually 10 volumes of “The Book of Wealth.”
Dr John Demartini describes “The Book of Wealth” as being the history of economics and finances relative to the history of the human race. The book goes back to the Egyptians, the Babylonians and the Samarites. It examines all of the different cultures as far as recorded history has been able to demonstrate. It examines the wealthiest individuals, institutions, organizations, religious foundations and people who had built extreme wealth. Bancroft examines, what they did; how they did it; their mindset; their cause and their motivation. Demartini summarizes “The Book of Wealth” as being a deep exploration of the psychology of economic exchange. He concludes with the words; “By the time you go through these texts you will realize it’s not what most people think.”
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Hubert Howe Bancroft was an eminent historian who earned literary fame from his publications including “The Book Of Wealth” and “The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft.” But was Bancroft really the author of these books or simply an editor-in-chief?
Hubert Howe Bancroft was an entrepreneur and an avid bibliophile who loved to read, admire and write books. As a book seller, this passion could perhaps be considered an occupational hazard. However, in Bancroft’s case, he took book collecting to the extreme. In 1905, when his library was sold to the University of California, it contained somewhere in the region of 60,000 rare books, manuscripts, maps, and transcripts. In addition to having the library named after him, Bancroft was also awarded a prestigious professorship of history.
It was this obsession for collecting historical material which eventually led him to become a celebrated author and publisher later in life. Nonetheless, Bancroft’s literary endeavours were not without their critics. Many considered his works to be indicative of his and his researchers’ personal thoughts as opposed to being a true reflection of the historical subject matter being covered. Furthermore, there was also a degree of cynicism over the true authorship of Hubert Bancroft’s books.
Originally, Bancroft employed assistants with the sole intention of researching and organizing data. From this, statements of fact were to be produced which Bancroft proposed to use as the foundations of a narrative which he himself would write. As the works progressed though, he came to use the statements as they stood making only minor editorial amendments.
Bancroft argued that his assistants were perfectly competent and, as such, he did not need to re-write their submissions. On the face of it, this testament to the quality and substance of the researchers’ writing would have been perfectly acceptable had Bancroft properly acknowledged and credited the researchers for their respective contributions. In later years several of Bancroft’s former employees, including Henry Oak and Francis Fuller Victor, were to claim authorship for large sections of “The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft” that had been credited solely to Bancroft.
There is no doubting the historical significance of Hubert Howe Bancroft’s publications. However, whilst he considered himself to be the author of his books it is probably more accurate to suppose his input as being that of an editorial nature.
Editors’ Note: The image used in this post is a satirical caricature of Hubert Howe Bancroft which appeared on the cover of The Wasp magazine on 18 April 1885. As Bancroft gazes up into the air, there are many hands furiously scribbling away in his writing book. This image is intended to represent the vast numbers of researchers and assistant writers that Hubert Howe Bancroft employed. It was this, and possibly a tinge of envy, which placed the true authorship of his works into question.
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